CVE-2026-20146

Cisco Identity Services Engine Path Traversal Vulnerability

Severity
Medium 5.5
CVSS 3.1
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.003
26.6th percentile
Discovered by
Third party
Published by the vendor
Published
Jul 15, 2026
Assigned by cisco

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform path traversal attacks on the underlying operating system to either read or delete arbitrary files. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.  This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access sensitive files or delete arbitrary files on the affected system.

Weakness: CWE-22

Affected products

Vendor Product Category Matched by
Cisco Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector Identity / IAM / MFA cna-assigner
Cisco Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) Identity / IAM / MFA cna-assigner
Vendor-reported affected versions (2)
  • Cisco · Cisco Identity Services Engine Software
  • Cisco · Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector